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07-29-2005, 11:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego area | | | Al McKibbon R.I.P.
R.I.P Al McKibbon. (b. Jan 1st, 1917 - d. July 29th, 2005)
Thanks for the great stuff with Monk, Diz, and Herbie Nichols. And muchas gracias for anchoring Latin Jazz so distinctively and with so much Soul.
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07-29-2005, 11:58 PM
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07-30-2005, 12:42 AM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | Awww, man...one of the fattest sounds around. Although I loved him for the jazz stuff, I also found that many times when I heard some LA studio stuff with great bass playing on it I'd dig around and it would always turn out to be Al.
He's another product of Cass Tech, the Detroit high school that turned out a bunch of jazz guys as well as about half of the Motown Record Corp. roster. Wonder who that band director was... |
07-30-2005, 08:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | We're losing a lot of bench strength here lately...
RIP Al.
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07-30-2005, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray Parker | Thanks Ray. Al was another special cat. I worked with Cal Tjader and the great conga player Armando Perazza for a bit and they had some wonderful road warrior stories about the time they spent with Al. He was an impeccable latin bassist. He had a long, storied, special relationship with George Shearing. In fact, i've seen more than one article or interview with George where he mentions the close relationship he had with Al, as well as the one he had with the great Israel Crosby.
Yeah, we're losing one after the other.
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08-01-2005, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Dig_Wilbur_Ware R.I.P Al McKibbon. (b. Jan 1st, 1917 - d. July 29th, 2005) | "All Music Guide" and "Dictionnaire de jazz" both give 1919 as his birth year.
Where did you take 1917?
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08-04-2005, 09:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego area | | "I was born Alfred McKibbon on January 1st, 1919 at 12:00am in Chicago, Illinois. My Family moved to Detroit, Michigan two years later." http://www.bassland.net/1bigal.htm
same place Ray spotted the Jacob Steiner 1650. problem is, the title bar says, erroneously, 1917. so, 1-1-'19 it is. |
08-05-2005, 07:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Quebec, Canada | | | The Roots of the Heart series hosted by Harry Belafonte has got a nice little segment on the making of Manteca...there's some ol' footage of ol' Al bumpin' the ......ba da da da da da da da...baumb....
RIP latin soul brother
i've got "Tumbao Para Los Congueros" playing right now, sweet tone. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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